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Old 04-05-2008, 09:44 AM
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George's Rare Finds

I know I haven't been active lately, so I decided that I will start a random photo thread of good old baseball players. Hopefully you like them.



July 1958, Hammerin' Hank Aaron and Moose Skowron


The Brooklyn Mortician & nine-month-old son, Harry (8/4/24)


Cobb returning to first after a pick off attempt, Gehrig is the player at first. 1925 or 1926


Maris and Japanese home run king Sadaharu Oh.


The Yankees team picture


Maris and Mantle


Maris, Berra, Mantle, Bill Skowron.


Dimmagio touching home after hitting a home run


Mantle getting congratulated after hitting a home run


February 4, 1937, Miami, FL: L-R: Goose Goslin, Dizzy Dean, Lyn Lary, Jimmy Foxx, Hank Greenberg.
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1914 Yankees: Top Row: Barrett, Roy Caldwell, Bill Reynolds, Harry Williams, Jay Rogers, King Cole.
Bottom Row: McBeth, Fritz Maisel, Roger Peckinpaugh

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Welcome back to the scenes of your former crimes, King George!

I, for one, had not forgotten you and your wonderful, delectable photos. I've missed you! Welcome home, good friend!!
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Re: Yankee Team Picture

What year & who died ?
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L-R: Lew Richie (Cubs' C), Jim Murray (Braves' OF), Jimmy Archer (Cubs' C), Bill Hinchman (Cubs' OF/1B): Stetson University, 1913.


Phil Rizzuto, N.Y. Yankeees bunting wonder, illustrates his unusual bunting “twist” before boys on bench: Bartow, Florida (1948)


Ted Williams signing a baseball for Navy personnel: Panama City, Florida (ca. 1943)


Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle: Florida (1962)


Baseball Hall of Famer Fred Lindstrom with his son Andy: Tallahassee, Florida (1936)


Red Barber sitting with friends before a baseball game (1949)
Red Barber (R), sitting with Pee Wee Reese and Burt Shotten at Ebbetts field for a Dodgers/Pirates game.



Browns' Mgr./SS, Bobby Wallace/Hal Chase: 1911


New York Yankees president Frank Farrell presents loving cup to Yankees manager Harry W, April 11 1912


Clark Griffith (with the Senators), 1913


Dickey, c. 1929, 1930
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Old 04-05-2008, 10:22 AM
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Peckingpaugh Out at Home, 1924 or 1925


Christy Mathewson 1913


Goose Goslin at Home, 1925


Goose Goslin Safe at 3rd, 1925


Max Carey Slides into Second, 1925


Young "Cy" Young between seasons


George McConnell 1913


George J. Burns, New York NL 1911


Brooklyn Dodgers 1913


Verne Clemons between 1910-1915
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Old 04-05-2008, 10:34 AM
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George McConnell & Michael Cann, New York AL, at Hilltop Park, NY, 1912


Hughie Jennings


Hughie Jennings, 1907-11


Wabash George" Mullin, 1908-11


Owen "Donie" Bush


Matty McIntyre, Detroit OF, 1905-06


Players at Boston Red Sox Spring Training in Little Rock Arkansas 1907. Cy Young, second from right.


Philadelphia Athletics baseball player Jack McInnis standing near the dugout at Shibe Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 1910


Collins, of the Philadelphia Athletics, running toward third base during a World Series game between the National League's Chicago Cubs and the American League's Philadelphia Athletics played at Shibe Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 1910


Philadelphia Athletics baseball player Pat Donahue- 1910
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Old 04-05-2008, 10:42 AM
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Philadelphia Athletics baseball player Cy Morgan- 1910


Three Philadelphia Athletics players standing at home plate during a 1929 World Series game Shibe Park.


October 12, 1929, Game 3 World Series at Shibe Park.
Jimmy Dykes stealing home. With A's behind, 8-0, A's score 10 runs in last of the 7th inning. Gabby Hartnett catching.



Philadelphia Athletics base runner being tagged out at first base during a 1929World Series game.


Philadelphia Athletics player running past first base during a 1929 World Series game at Shibe Park.


Philadelphia Athletics baseball player sliding into second base and looking at a nearby umpire during a 1929 World Series game at Shibe Park.


World Series game between Philadelphia Athletics and New York Giants, player jogging towards home plate at Shribe Park in Philadelphia. 1911


James Dygert of the American League's Philadelphia baseball team, 1909


Weldon Henley Philadelphia Athletics- 1905


Ed Summers, Tigers' P, 1908-11
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Pat Moran, of the National League's Cincinnati Reds with other players, 1919. Edd Roush, second from left.


Jimmy Sebring, 1905


Harry Steinfeldt, 1905


1919. baseball infielders (left to right) Jake Daubert, Morris Rath, Larry Kipt, and Heine Groh, of the National League's Cincinnati Reds, standing next to grandstands on the field at Weeghman Field


Team portrait of the Cincinnati Reds, 1902



Hank Gowdy


Catcher Charles Schmidt 1907


Detroit Tigers 1908. Sam Crawford standing at right.


Jimmy Ryan 1903
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Old 04-05-2008, 11:39 AM
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Bill Dahlen 1905


Kiki Cuyler, 1928-35


Hack Wilson, 1927-31


Joe Tinker


Johnny Evers 1908


Davey Jones up to bat Opening Day at Bennett Park in 1911 during a snow storm at Bennett Park.


Mickey Cochrane is presented with a floral horseshoe from the Firemen Association on Opening Day 1934.


Tom Needham, Cubs, 11/5/13


John McGraw (left) & Chief Meyers, 1912


Art Fletcher prior to the World Series at the Polo Grounds, NY, 1911
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The last person in the last pic of the first post is Bill Skowron.
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Joe McCarthy and two others. Might be Joe Cronin on left.


Ben Chapman


Micky Mantle of the New York Yankees watching the ball sail over the head of third baseman Bobby Morgan of the Brooklyn Dodgers.


Yankee left fielder Gene Woodling regaining third base after Joe DiMaggio had gone out on a short fly ball during the second game of the 1950 world series played at Philadelphia on Oct. 5


Yankee players


1946-47 New York Giants: Johnny Mize, Buddy Blattner, Bill Rigney, Mickey Witek


Curtain Call


Maris sitting by himself


Maris smiling
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Is that Mansori Murikami and Casey Stengel in the first picture in the first post?
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Old 04-12-2008, 10:51 AM
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Rare Jackie Robinson dugout 1950


Photo from The Jackie Robinson Story showing (from left to right) Richard Lane (as Clay Hopper), Ruby Dee (as Rachel Robinson), Jackie Robinson (as himself), and Billy Wayne (as Clyde Sukeforth) arm-in-arm.The photo dates to 1950.


Edward Victor Cicotte, baseball player for Chicago White Sox, throwing baseball. Photo dates to 1917.


Cubs' P, Orval Overall: Polo Grounds, 1910.


Photo shows baseball players and maybe some kids in front of the dugout in Yankee Stadium. According to the info with this, the photo dates to April 25, 1923, which means this was taken one week after Yankee Stadium opened on April 18th, 1923.


Robert William Meusel, New York Yankees outfielder 1920-29


Lavender, Miller, Smith and Leach between 1908-25


Grover Cleveland Alexander and Philadelphia Phillies manager Red Dooin 1912


John Evers. Photo dates to 1909


Luther 'Dummy' Taylor, deaf Giants' player, 1900-08
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Old 04-12-2008, 11:01 AM
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Boston Red Sox baseball player Harry Bartholomew Hooper. Photo dates to 1914


Libeus "Libe" Washburn, Richard William "Rube" Marquard, and Mike Donlin of the New York Giants baseball team examining baseball. Photo dates to circa 1908


New York Yankee baseball player Patrick William Maloney 1912


Philadelphia Athletics baseball player John Franklin Baker in a Philadelphia uniform. Photo dates 1914


New York baseball players, John J. McGraw, left, and Fred Tenney, right, seated on baseball field. Photo dates 1911


Boston Red Sox baseball players posed together. Includes Left to right: Carrigan, Jake Stahl, Cy Young and Anderson. Photo dates between 1908 and 1925


Roger Patrick Bresnahan, catcher for New York baseball team, ready to catch ball. Photo dates to 1908


Earl Andrew Hamilton, baseball player with St. Louis (Am.), standing, facing left, in uniform. Photo dates to 1914


Thomas Gordon Seaton, baseball player with Brooklyn (Fed.), standing, facing front, in uniform. Photo dates to 1914.


Mordecai Peter Centennial Brown(Three Finger Brown), baseball player for the St. Louis Federals 1914
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Speaker & Cravath, outfielders respectively of Boston Red Sox & Phila. Nat'ls, meet at 1915 World Series.


Charles Albert (Chief) Bender, of the Philadelphia Athletics baseball team 1910


Denton True Young(Cy Young)


Lewis & Hooper - outfielders of Boston Red Sox, Burns - catcher for Phila. Nat'ls., Leonard, pitcher for Boston, Cravath, outfielder for Philadelphia. Photo dates to 1915


Wilbert Robinson, nicknamed "Uncle Robbie", who was an American catcher, coach and manager in Major League Baseball, 1916


Clarence "Pants" Rowland, manager of the Chicago White Sox, (right) talking with his pitcher, Eddie Cicotte, (left) 1917


Ed Konetchy, baseball player with the Pittsburgh Pirates, standing, while holding a basketball. Photo dates to 1914.


Philadelphia Athletics Eddie Plank throwing the baseball. This old photograph dates to 1914


Chicago Cubs baseball player Floyd H. Kroh in uniform 1910


Harry McIntire, Dahlgren, Joab Logan "Joe" McManus, and Mordecai "Three Fingers" Brown of Cincinnati baseball team on field. This old sports photo dates to 1913
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Yankees Roger Peckinpaugh and Jim Doyle 1914


1914 Philadelphia A's, L-R: Billy Orr, Herb Pennock, Weldon Wyckoff, Joe Bush, Bob Shawkey, Amos Strunk.


Albert James "Cozy" Dolan, St. Louis Cardinals 1914


Delos D. Drake of St. Louis Terriers(Federal League), holding bat. Photo dates to 1914


Burnham "Del" Pratt, St. Louis Browns 1913


Ed Konetchy and Ivy Wingo, St. Louis Cardinals 1913


Fielder Allison Jones, baseball player for the St. Louis Terriers 1914


William Leopold Doak, St. Louis Cardinals 1914


Ray Keating, New York Yankees pitcher 1913


Ed Killian, Detroit P, 1908
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Frank Chance, Cubs 1B/Mgr. Pat Moran, catcher early 1900's, Polo Grounds


Herman Malloy, a player for the Detroit Tigers 1909


Pat Joseph Moran, Chicago Cubs 1908


Sam Crawford, Detroit Tigers 1909


Arthur "Solly" Hofman, baseball player for the Chicago Cubs 1904-1912


Walter Allen Blair, baseball catcher of the New York Highlanders 1908


Jack Onslow and Ossie Vitt of the Detroit Tigers playing around with a wheelbarrel. Photo dates to 1912


Dutch Leonard/Bill Carrigan, Red Sox, 1913-16


Brooklyn Federation baseball player Thomas Gordon Seaton. Photograph dates to 1914.


Bill Reynolds catching for the New York Yankees while a player named Seitz slides under him at home plate. Photograph dates to 1913 or 1914.
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Joe Jackson, Cleveland Indians, 1910-15.


Photo of Cleveland Indians Stephen Francis O'Neill 1920. Armband in respect to Ray Chapman.


Joe Tinker, Chicago Cubs, 1907


Hans Lobert of the New York Giants (left) and Joe Schultz, Sr. of the Brooklyn Dodgers (right) 1915


Johnny Evers of the Boston Braves and Eddie Plank of the Philadelphia Athletics shaking hands. Photograph dates to October 10, 1914.


Photo of Brooklyn Dodgers baseball player Casey Stengel in uniform. Photograph dates to 1914.


New York Giants Hall of Famer Christopher Mathewson. Photograph dates to 1910.


New York Giants Hall of Famer Christopher Mathewson. Photograph dates to 1913.


Ty Cobb at bat(postcard)


Bill Coughling at bat
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Cap Anson


Smokey Joe Wood


Bing Miller Out at Home, 1925


Jimmie Foxx with the Red Sox


Jimmie Foxx with the A's


Chuck Klein


Mel Ott


Mel Ott batting


Mize with Mickey Cochrane at Great Lakes


Musial with Mays
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Stan Musian and Dizzy Dean


Enos 'Country' Slaughter scores from first as the Cards beat Boston in the '46 Series.


Ralph Kiner


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Walt Alston shakes Casey's hand for a job well done following the '56 Series.




1913 Olympic hero Jim Thorpe signs with the New York baseball Giants.




Ed Walsh: 1912


Shibe Park


World Series 1910


Oldring 1909


Mordecai Brown
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You do a great job with the pictures, plus all your time & effort.
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Babe Ruth and Red Orrnsby 1934 Spring Training


Ted Williams swinging a bat


1937 World Series: Umpire, Mel Ott, Giants' manager Bill Terry


Opening day 1923 Red Orrnsby, Umpire Billy Evans and Ty Cobb


A photo taken in 1941 at Comiskey Park. Here Hank Greenberg of the Detroit Tigers slides in under the tag of the White Sox second baseman under Red's watchful eye.


1937 World Series. Here, Joe DiMaggio hits a home run in Game 5


White Sox manager Jimmy Dykes is arguing a called foul ball


The 1927 World Series Babe Ruth hitting, Pirates' catcher, Johnny Gooch.


This photo was taken in the late 40's for some local ad campaign. The gentleman yelling at Red is Joe "Butcherboy" Benz. He was a pitcher for the Chicago White Sox form 1911 to 1919.


John McGraw
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